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Barking and Dagenham.

Labour Party-controlled london_borough. £244m net revenue. 19 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.

Typelondon_borough
Seats55 councillors · 19 wards
Last election7 May 2026
Websitelbbd.gov.uk ↗
Net revenue · 2025-26
£244m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,098
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
42/55
Labour Party 76%
Westminster
3
constituencies overlap · 1 MP party
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.

Barking and Dagenham is a london_borough controlled by Labour Party (42 of 55 seats). Net revenue is £244m for 2025-26. It covers 19 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies.

§ 01Composition.55 seats · last contested 7 May 2026

Who sits in the chamber.

Lab 42Ref 9Green 4

Labour Party 76% · last contested 7 May 2026

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Manzoor HussainLabAbbey2026
Regina RahmanLabAbbey2026
Regina RahmanLabAbbey2022
Dorothy AkwaboahLabAlibon2026
Muazzam SandhuLabAlibon2026
John DulwichLabAlibon2022
Cameron GeddesLabBarking Riverside2026
Josie ChannerLabBarking Riverside2026
Marion Lesley HullLabBarking Riverside2026
Donna R A LumsdenLabBeam2026
Glen SpoorLabBeam2026
Muhib ChowdhuryLabBeam2026
Showing 12 of 55·All 55 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

37%
Council tax
£89.9m · median 47%
46%
Central grants
£111.3m · median 38%
18%
Business rates
£43.1m · median 16%

This is a grant-heavy councils (london_borough): 37% from council tax vs the cohort median of 47%.

Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)

Band-D bill.

Council slice£1,608
County / upper-tier£490
Police£0
Fire & rescue£0
GLA precept£0
Total Band-D£2,098

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

Use the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings.

§ 03Service spend, ranked against peers.10 buckets · vs 32 other councils (london_borough)

How does Barking and Dagenham split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (london_borough)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.

Education60.9% of net spend · cohort median 42%
1 of 33+46% vs median
Adult Social Care15.3% of net spend · cohort median 22%
32 of 33-29% vs median
Children's Services13.5% of net spend · cohort median 13%
12 of 33+4% vs median
Public Health3.1% of net spend · cohort median 3%
23 of 33-11% vs median
Housing & Homelessness2.6% of net spend · cohort median 6%
32 of 33-53% vs median
Waste & Recycling2.2% of net spend · cohort median 4%
33 of 33-48% vs median
Planning & Economic Development1.0% of net spend · cohort median 1%
22 of 33-5% vs median
Culture & Leisure0.7% of net spend · cohort median 2%
32 of 33-59% vs median
Highways & Transport0.6% of net spend · cohort median 1%
19 of 33-6% vs median
Corporate & Central-0.0% of net spend · cohort median 3%
33 of 33-101% vs median
How to read these bars

The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.

Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.

§ 04Top suppliers.17,153 payments · £292.8m gross · 2 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026

Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).

Top by total — last 180 days

SupplierPaidSharePmts
REDACTED£20.32m6.9%5,452
GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY£18.49m6.3%14
BD MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED£10.35m3.5%220
COUNTRYSIDE PROPERTIES (UK) LTD_F£9.66m3.3%9
ADECCO UK LTD£9.26m3.2%18
ESSEX & SUFFOLK WATER_F£8.62m2.9%2
ROBERT CLACK SCHOOL£8.43m2.9%33
BARKING ABBEY SCHOOL_F£6.46m2.2%34
JO RICHARDSON COMMUNITY SCHOOL_F£5.75m2.0%23
WATES CONSTRUCTION LTD£4.77m1.6%4

By service area · top supplier

ServiceTop supplierPaid
Corporate And CentralCOUNTRYSIDE PROPERTIES (UK) LTD_F£9.66m
EducationROBERT CLACK SCHOOL£8.28m
Adult Social CareREDACTED£6.95m
Housing And HomelessnessBD MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED£3.34m
Childrens ServicesREDACTED£0.57m
Planning And EconomicNPOWER COMMERCIAL GAS LIMITED (NCGL)£0.32m
Highways And TransportREDACTED£0.30m
§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.19 wards split across 3 parliamentary seats
ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Barking947% Nesil CaliskanLab
Dagenham and Rainham947% Margaret MullaneLab
Ilford South15% Jas AthwalLab
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Net revenueMHCLG Final LGFS
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
Service spendDerived from MHCLG CSP shares
vs 32 other councils (london_borough)
Band-DMHCLG CSP · precept schedules
Police, Fire, Parish on top
SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
17,153 payments · 2 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level